Description
Role: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Location: London
Initial 6m Contract
Daily Rate: Competitive PAYE
Role and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with teams across Technology, Operations and Business Units to: Develop scenarios and exercises to assess processes which manage operational threats and incidents. Orchestrate the Firm's involvement in vendor-facilitated, and sector-wide exercises that assess the accuracy and responsiveness of the Firm's response processes
- Develop and track program key performance indicators, including actions resulting from exercises
- Develop documentation to enhance the organization's ability to deliver exercise services at scale
- Engage and train stakeholders across the business regarding exercise development, planning and facilitation procedures
- Coordinate logistics to support planning and delivery of exercise initiatives
Key Skills and Experience:
- Exercise planning
- Professional experience in a Cyber, Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery related role.
- Expert in development of impactful and visually compelling content in PowerPoint.
- An understanding of technology used in a large infrastructure environment is required (ie Linux, Networking, Servers, Databases, Web Infrastructure, Storage and Cyber controls)
- Experience in a planning and facilitation of operational exercises within a large organization.
- Understanding of existing and emerging finance industry regulatory requirements related to business continuity, disaster recovery and operational resilience.
- Capable of managing through influence across multiple groups including both technology and business stakeholders.
- Capable of synthesizing multiple asks and timelines into holistic, clearly defined milestones and deliverables within a dynamic environment.
- Proven ability to work autonomously and to meet deadlines.
- Strong initiative and a proactive attitude in approach to work.
Additional Requirements;
- Eligible to work in the UK without the need of visa support/sponsorship
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal